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Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 44, was one of five people federally charged after the October 2023 death of 54-year-old Friends star

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A California doctor has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for selling ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry — the first criminal conviction over the death of the actor, who was found dead in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home in October 2023.